The lakes in sunshine : being photographic and other pictures of the lake district of Westmorland & North Lancashire /
Payn, James.
Windermere : J. Garnett,
1867[-1870].
One of the earliest photographically illustrated guidebooks to the Lake District, which introduces various localities associated with Wordsworth's poetry.
With 26 mounted albumen prints (165 x 105 mm) by Garnett and Sproat, Garnett and Bowers, and R.J. Sproat.
Vol. 2 was published in 1870 with different imprint: London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. ; Windermere : J. Garnett.
A copy of vol. 1 has been recorded with a pocket to the inside of the back cover, which contains the folding coloured map, Garnett's Map of the Lake District.
With indexes.
Gernsheim. Incunabula of British photographic literature,
In original blue publisher's cloth binding, with ornate gilt decoration to all covers and the spines, all-edges gilt.